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Holy Week 2013

Posted on Friday, 22 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I would be extremely surprised if any of you readers would be coming to my chapel hundreds or thousands of miles from your homes. My services will be of an extreme simplicity, and you are welcome to be with us … Continue reading →

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Francis not breaking away from Benedict

Posted on Friday, 22 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

This is interesting: Letter #56: Holding to Benedict by Robert Moynihan. But there is another form of poverty! It is the spiritual poverty of our time, which afflicts the so-called richer countries particularly seriously. It is what my much-loved predecessor, … Continue reading →

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Gooseneck

Posted on Friday, 22 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Another search term that came up was model ship mast and boom connection. I know little about making model ships, but on a yacht or a dinghy, the boom is connected to the mast by means of a gooseneck that … Continue reading →

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Writing on the Wall

Posted on Friday, 22 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Pope, Bishops, Curia. The Reforms That Are Coming by Sandro Magister What seems to be transpiring is a “council of the crown” around the Pope, with cardinals from the five continents. Names? Timothy Dolan of New York, Odilo Scherer of São … Continue reading →

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Back to the 1970’s?

Posted on Friday, 22 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

The traditionalist blogs are fretting about the possibility of the Roman Catholic Church going back to the 1970’s, airbrushing not only Benedict XVI but also John Paul II. The idea is sobering, but it depends on our idea of the … Continue reading →

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Rigorism,Tutiorism and Probabilism

Posted on Tuesday, 19 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I wrote this article in the defunct English Catholic blog. At the time, I was concerned for matters which are of no relevance today. Simply, I thought it would be of interest in light of the fact we have a … Continue reading →

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Conclave Secrets Blown

Posted on Tuesday, 19 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Loose lips sink ships – but perhaps not balsa wood dinghies! 🙂 * * * What went on behind the conclave doors? The whole thing was about blowing away the Italian establishment and opening the way to reform. The story … Continue reading →

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Vatican Declares War Against the British Empire

Posted on Tuesday, 19 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Following the audience of the Argentinian President Cristina Kirchner yesterday to request that Pope Francis should intervene in Argentina’s long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands, the Pontiff declared war against the British Empire. That very day, the Vatican … Continue reading →

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Passion Veiling

Posted on Monday, 18 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

Some Anglican and Latin rite churches veil the crucifixes and statues from Passion Sunday in violet cloth. Of course it is a non-issue since we in the English tradition have the Lenten Array from the beginning of Lent. Also, for Passiontide, we … Continue reading →

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Cardinal Kasper has Steam Up

Posted on Monday, 18 March, 2013 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

HT to Catholic Conclave – but nothing about the Ordinariates. Pope Francis will return the Church to its roots in the Gospel, in the struggle for justice and against poverty: This was the impression of the German Cardinal and former … Continue reading →

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